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Partygate: What happens next for Covid-19 rule-breakers?

The focus of the Partygate scandal has now shifted to the Metropolitan Police as officers investigate 12 alleged gatherings in Downing Street and Whitehall across a year of the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Police need time to complete Downing Street party inquiry - Gove

British minister Michael Gove on Wednesday said police should be given time to investigate after further reports emerged of parties at Boris Johnson's Downing Street residence during lockdown, adding questions on the prime minister's future were hypothetical.

Reuters

What is missing from the Sue Gray report? Boris Johnson not mentioned once in update

Civil servant says she is ‘extremely limited in what I can say’

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Covid briefing: Seven things you need to know as Boris Johnson faces new claims over 'Abba-themed' party

A Cardiff University student has spoken about her 'frustration' after being taken to court for holding a lockdown party with 17 people and threatened with a £2,000 fine

Wales Online

Sue Gray report: What Downing Street parties are the Met Police investigating?

Boris Johnson’s birthday party, gathering in Downing Street flat and several Christmas celebrations confirmed to be in police probe

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson 'attended prosecco-fuelled leaving do during third national lockdown'

Merely weeks after cancelling Christmas, Johnson attended leaving bash where staff downed prosecco and he delivered a speech

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson 'attended Abba party in Downing Street being probed by police'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was at a Downing Street party where Abba songs blared out and is now being investigated by police, with Dominic Cummings claiming there is photo evidence, it is reported

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Boris Johnson ‘gave speech at No 10 leaving do’ during third Covid lockdown, report claims

PM also faces new claim he attended party in his Downing Street flat on night of Cummings’s exit

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson accused of attending 'prosecco-fuelled leaving do' during national lockdown

Boris Johnson allegedly went to the gathering which was held in Downing Street on January 14

Manchester Evening News

Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson amid claims he went to ’prosecco-fuelled’ lockdown leaving do

PM said to have attended ‘prosecco fuelled’ event listed in Sue Gray’s report into parties

Evening Standard

Dominic Cummings 'has been told' there are photos of party in Boris Johnson's flat

The PM's former top advisor claims there are photos of Boris Johnson at events that are under investigation by police - and says he has been told that there are photos of a party in his Downing Street flat

Daily Mirror

UK Lawmaker Calls for Johnson to Resign, Submits No-Confidence Letter

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign, a lawmaker in his Conservative Party said on Twitter, announcing he had submitted a letter of no confidence. Johnson has so far weathered calls to quit over parties held in his Downing Street residence and office during coronavirus lockdowns. "After a great deal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Public will be told if Boris Johnson is fined over partygate lockdown breaches

Downing Street has said the information would be made public, despite concerns it would remain secret

Wales Online

‘You’re fooling nobody PM, it’s time to leave’ - MP calls for Boris Johnson to quit over Sue Gray report findings

Stirling’s MP has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit as he faces mounting pressure after the publication of a report into lockdown breaking parties at Downing Street were deemed to be “difficult to justify”. The initial findings of the S

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The Independent UK

Public will be told if Johnson is fined over partygate, No 10 says

Downing Street acknowledged there is ‘significant public interest’ in knowing whether Boris Johnson broke the law.

The Conversation

Boris Johnson pledges to 'fix' Downing Street after partygate – but this is a failure of his leadership

“I get it and I will fix it,” declared Boris Johnson in parliament as he delivered his response to the initial findings from an inquiry into partying at Downing Street during pandemic lockdowns. After weeks of frenzied criticism and emotional responses from the public about their own suffering during the…

The Independent UK

Public may not be told if Johnson fined for partygate Covid rule breaches

Downing Street said it was for Scotland Yard to say whether fines were issued, but police do not routinely identify those hit with fixed penalties.

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab claims Boris Johnson can't admit parties - because it'd 'pre-empt police'

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, an eminent lawyer who runs the criminal justice system, appeared unfamiliar with the concept of a 'confession' after the Sue Gray report

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Evening Standard

Boris Johnson and wife Carrie could be interviewed by Met detectives within days

Police investigating lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street could interview Boris Johnson and wife Carrie within days.

Daily Mirror

Josh Hartnett accuses Boris Johnson's government of 'living it up' during lockdown

Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett spoke to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain about the drama occurring at No.10 Downing Street

Daily Mirror

Carrie and Boris Johnson could be questioned by police as PM's four parties probed

Both the Prime Minister and his wife now face scrutiny after Sue Gray's report revealed police are looking at four Downing Street parties Mr Johnson attended - and a 'gathering in the Downing Street flat'

Evening Standard

Ian Blackford: My ‘wilfully misled’ attack on Boris Johnson that led to Commons expulsion wasn’t a stunt

Ian Blackford has denied his refusal to withdraw accusations the Prime Minister “wilfully misled” MPs about Downing Street parties was a political stunt.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK PM Sorry for 'Partygate' But Vows to Plough On

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday apologized after his government was criticized for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at his offices. Johnson's position has been hanging by a thread because of the steady drip of revelations since late last year, but he has in the…

Wales Online

Boris Johnson promises change in No 10 as police investigate alleged party in his flat

Mr Johnson said he was ‘sorry for the things we simply didn’t get right and also sorry for the way this matter has been handled’

Daily Mirror

Sue Gray report: All you need to know as PM is branded 'unfit for office'

Sue Gray's interim update as 'at least some' of the Downing Street parties 'should not have been allowed'. Here are the answers to the main questions you might have after today's revelations

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